The FY 2020 CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Application Workshop Has Been CANCELLED

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and its Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) are closely monitoring the recent developments in the spread of COVID-19. Pursuant to guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management regarding domestic travel for Federal staff, the CDFI Fund is cancelling the previously announced CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Application Workshop scheduled for March 26th and 27th at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Webinars

To ensure you have the information you need to consider whether to apply to the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program in this year's upcoming application round or in future rounds, the CDFI Fund will hold two consecutive, two-hour webinars on March 26th and March 27th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). The material in these webinars will reflect the material that would have been covered in each day of the workshop in an abbreviated format, with the last 30 minutes of each webinar reserved for Q&A. No registration is needed.

Viewing these webinars requires the use of WebEx. To download the WebEx Event Manager, see the instructions on the Verizon's WebEx Downloads page.

We will post a copy of the presentation on the CDFI Fund's website at www.cdfifund.gov/bond under Step 2: Apply in advance so that you can join the webinar prepared with questions.

Conference Calls

The CDFI Fund also plans to hold two conference calls to answer any questions that may arise after the webinars. There will be one conference call for potential Qualified Issuer applicants and one call for potential Guarantee applicants.

• Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET Qualified Issuer Applicants

• Friday, April 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET Guarantee Applicants

The dial-in number and passcodes are the same for both calls. The dial-in number is 1-888-324-0239 and the pass code is 4349543. No prior registration is necessary.

Reasonable Accommodations

Requests for reasonable accommodations under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for either the webinars or conference calls should be directed to Jay Santiago at 202-653-0300 no later than 48 hours before the conference calls begin.

Questions

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program by email at bgp@cdfi.treas.gov.